Papaya (Carica papaya) is an important fruit grown almost throughout Bangladesh. The study was conducted to determine the physico-chemical characteristics of 20 papaya germplasms and to develop products (jam and squash) from papaya available in the south western regions of Bangladesh. The experiment was laid out in the completely randomized design (CRD) with three replications. Papaya fruits we...

Xanthoceras sorbifolium Bunge has great potential for producing biodiesel. In order to select and evaluate appropriate germplasm to produce biodiesel, we analyzed the genetic diversity of Xanthoceras sorbifolium Bunge germplasm based on morphological traits and simple sequence repeats (SSRs) in this study. Fifty-six germplasm samples were evaluated using nine morphological traits and 23 SSR loc...

Characterization of germplasm by DNA-markers provides a tool for precise germplasm identification and a quantitative assessment of genetic diversity. The genetic structure of the durum wheat germplasm grown in the Mediterranean basin varies largely from traditional landraces and cultivars characterized by a high versatility, to the modern varieties characterized by high yield potential, wide ad...

Santalla, M., Amurrio, J. M. and De Ron, A. M. 2001. Food and feed potential breeding value of green, dry and vegetable pea germplasm. Can. J. Plant Sci. 81: 601–610. Pea is an important grain legume and vegetable in the South of Europe where it is grown on small farms and gardens using traditional varieties and methods during the winter. Variability in old, unimproved varieties needs to be det...

Efficient methods to explore plant agro-biodiversity for climate change adaptive traits are urgently required. The focused identification of germplasm strategy (FIGS) is one such approach. FIGS works on the premise that germplasm is likely to reflect the selection pressures of the environment in which it developed. Environmental parameters describing plant germplasm collection sites are used as...

The freezing and storage of the sperm are used cryopreservation germplasm in livestock breeding, genetic improvement indigenous species, preservation rare races, successful tolerance to environmental changes international exchanges. Both thawing process causes large volume cell fluid. Spermatozoon removes most its cytoplasm at differentiation stages lacks cytoplasmic component that contains ant...

Chinese fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata (Lamb.) Hook.) is an important timber species native to southern China. While the single, unstructured breeding strategy was employed in past three cycles of breeding, it no longer adequate for managing a more advanced population. In this study, we utilized restriction-site-associated DNA-sequencing (RAD-seq) estimate genetic diversity populations and phenot...